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Saturday, December 08, 2007

The Interesting French Exchange II

Geoff Scorebook is away.

I'm happy to dispel rumours that,(a) his canoe has been found floating in the Thames;(b) we at S&BCC Blog have cashed in his life insurance policy and are preparing to head off to a new life in Panama.

Fear not. Mr. Scorebook will be back next week.

In the meantime, back to the French Exchange.

Often when books talk about Black being able to win against 3. exd5 it's in the context of some kind of long ... slow ... grind, exploiting every small advantage that comes along. Gurevich-Short, Manilla 1990, as mentioned on the blog a few weeks ago, is a good example of this kind of approach.

However, as Andrew mentioned in the comments to the initial post, the variation can often degenerate into a opposite sides castling and a mutual hack against the enemy king.

Okay, this is totally off-topic. But i was wondering if any of you guys on the other side of the canal could tell me what the brand of the jacket is that the guy on the left is wearing? Is it somekind of English brand? I am looking to buy a jacket of that brand, so that's why i'm asking. Thanks a lot.

About the canoe man: What I don't get is why he went to the police. If his wife had just retired to Panama and as he was apparently able to travel, why didn't he join her there? Or have I missed something.

I thought that Canoe man and his wife had split up and all the assets were in her name. He was so incensed that he decided to bring the both of them down rather than let her make off with all the loot.Andrew

re: Andrew's comments about adjournments, I think that as they're getting paid, the Wad Green players don't want to play adjournments simply because they'll be playing an extra evening for (I assume) no extra fee. I can see their point of view: but of course it shouldn't inhibit their opponent from doing what's best for them, and I doubt the WG players would suggest otherwise.

Andrew:I thought that Canoe man and his wife had split up and all the assets were in her name.

Well they could hardly be in his name given he was officially dead!

Justin:I don't despise the Petroff. I used to play that too. When I'm done with the French Exchange I might move onto The Russian. After that I might go indepth on why keeping a penny jar for your small change is a really good idea (sneak preview: counting it gives you something to do on a Friday night).